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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Sales Records

[Nov 09, 2011, 11:06 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

There's more from yesterday's Activision post-earnings conference call on PC Gamer, where they relay CEO Eric Hirshberg's comments about Call of Duty sales figures. Word is: "Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 outpaced pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops by a wide margin, setting a new industry record in making it the most pre-ordered game of all time." This lead to the military shooter sequel driving "the largest day one shipments in our history and in the industry’s history." Activision also reveals that they've sold 20 million expansion packs for Black Ops, leading Hirshberg to state: "The revenues generated from map packs alone would make it the third largest console title of the year."

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Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Sales Records

Nov 9, 2011, 16:45

Total-Khaos

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 9, 2011, 11:09: Suppression mechanic is unique.. as well as the use of GI Domes , and squad-wide perks Not much, but still... also generally speaking, BF3 is a direct evolution of BF2 after dice noticed what an awesome game BC2 really was. And they DID evolve gameplay.. MW3 doesn't Its exactly 1:1 the same as MW2 (different maps, unlocks, perks and weapons, 100% same game besides that) Also, nothing ever beats sitting in a scout helicopter and hovering in front of a building and killing guys through windows as you slowly dismantle the entire floor... and finally a huge boom and the building crumbles. How anyone can go back to COD after experiencing that is beyond me. I completely agree. Destructible environments is half the fun in my opinion. The maps are essentially unique every time you play them as a result. Cover available to you a few minutes ago may not be there the next time you're in the area. I suppose simplicity is what people really want. I think this is why games like Farmville and Angry Birds are so popular - they appeal to a wide array of gamers.

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Comment [quote="Total-Khaos"Nov 9, 2011, 16:45][quote="eRe4s3r"Nov 9, 2011, 11:09]Suppression mechanic is unique.. as well as the use of GI Domes , and squad-wide perks Not much, but still... also generally speaking, BF3 is a direct evolution of BF2 after dice noticed what an awesome game BC2 really was. And they DID evolve gameplay.. MW3 doesn't Its exactly 1:1 the same as MW2 (different maps, unlocks, perks and weapons, 100% same game besides that) Also, nothing ever beats sitting in a scout helicopter and hovering in front of a building and killing guys through windows as you slowly dismantle the entire floor... and finally a huge boom and the building crumbles. How anyone can go back to COD after experiencing that is beyond me. [/quote] I completely agree. Destructible environments is half the fun in my opinion. The maps are essentially unique every time you play them as a result. Cover available to you a few minutes ago may not be there the next time you're in the area. I suppose simplicity is what people really want. I think this is why games like Farmville and Angry Birds are so popular - they appeal to a wide array of gamers. [/quote]

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